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M. ,BARABASZ BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 16.1906.

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MIEOZYSLAW BARABASZ, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BUCKLE.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1907.

Application filed May 16, 1906. Serial No- 317,047.

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, MIEczYsLAw BARA- BAsZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in adjustable buckles, and has for its object to improve the construction of buckles used for securing the ends of straps or webbing to-- gether-such as trousers,vests, orbelt strapsso that one or both ends ofthe straps or web may be readily adjusted by reason of the fact that the two straps are kept practically free and out of contact with each other and also by reason of the fact that said strap ends when adjusted will slide over metal surfaces and with a minimum amount of contact with each other.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 illustrates the buckle in perspective. Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section through the threaded straps and the buckle. Fig. 3 shows a iront view of the buckle with the straps threaded, and Fig. 4 shows a rear view of the same.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates the parallel side bars and 2 and 3 the opposite end bars, which connect the side bars. The end bar 2 is provided at its inner side with inwardly curved teeth 4, which curve from the outer toward the inner side 5 of the buckle-plate. L

A cross-bar 6 extends parallel with and adjacent the end bar 2 and connects the two side bars, and the outer surface 7 of said crossbar is rounded and projects outwardly beyond the outer surface of the side and end bars. Another cross-bar 8 connects the side bars and has position adjacent the end bar 3. This latter cross-bar has depressed ends 9 adjacent the side bars and has an outward curved or arched central postion 10 between the depressed ends. The depressed ortions 9 of this cross-bar 8 project below t e innerv surface of the side bars 1 and .have a useful function, as will presently be described.

Between the curved bar 8 and the rounded bar 6 the buckle is provided with a flat strai ht bar 11, which is-provided with outward y-projecting teeth 12. This bar 11 has position in the same plane as the side bars 1, and the ends of the outwardly-projecting teeth 12 have position in a plane between the rounded surface 7 of the bar 6 and the flat surface of the bar 11.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the strap 13 eXtendsfrom the inner side of the buckle and passes beneath the end bar 3 and also beneath the arched bar 8, then out between said arched bar and the central flat bar 11 and over the latter, then `over the outwardly-projecting teeth 12 of said flat bar and back to the inner side of the buckle, and iinally beneath the rounded bar 6 and out underneath the end bar 2. It will be noted that in passing over the hat bar 11 the strap 13 will line in a plane within the outer surface of the arched portion 10 of the bar 8 and the rounded surface 7 of the bar 6 and that the opposite side edges of said strap will be l in frictional contact with the depressed portions 9 of said bar 8, which act to keep the strap down close against the hat bar. The strap 14is passed beneath the end bar 2, also at the inner side ofthe buckle, then out between said end jbar and the bar 6 and is engaged by the teeth 4, and then over the rounded surface 7 of thebar. Then from said rounded surface the strap spans the flat bar 11 and the strap that passes around it and passes over the arched portion 1() of the bar 8, and finally said strap passes inwardly between said arched bar and the end bar 3 and out from beneath the latter. This latter strap 14 being on the outer side will be the one by which the ordinary adjustments will be made, and in making such adjustments this strap will slide over metal surfaces and enable the adjustment to be readily made. It will also be seen that the two strap ends will lie at opposite sides of the buckle, thus enablin the straps and buckle to lie against the ody without undue pressure at any particular point.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A single-piece bucklehaving twol side bars and two end bars and one of the end bars having teeth, outwardly-projectin cross-bars adjacent each of the end bars an a flat cross-bar between said two outwardlyprojecting bars, said flat bar having teeth along one of its edges.

2. A single-piece buckle having two side bars and two end bars and one of the' end bars having teeth along its inner edge, an outward-projecting cross-bar adjacent the end bar with the teeth; an arched cross-bar IOO IIO

adjacent the other end bar, said arched bar having depressed portions at each side of the arch, and a cross-bar between the arched bar and the outwardlyprojecting bar, said crossbar having teeth that project outwardly.

3. A single-piece buckle having side bars connected by end bars and one of the end bars having teeth along its inner edge, a central lat crossbar lying in a plane flush with the side bars and having outwardlyprojeot ing teeth along one of its edges which project in a plane beyond the outer surface of the side bais,and a cross-bar between the inwardly-projecting teeth of the end bar and lthe outwardly-projecting teeth of the central bar, and said buckle also having a crossbar between the bar with the outwardly-pro j ecting teeth and the other end bar.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, MIECZYSLAW BARABASZ. Witnesses:

G. FERDINAND VoGT, CHARLES B. MANN, Jr. 

